COUNCIL TO APPOINT SEARCH COMMITTEE

Menifee is expected to move forward with a search for its next city manager with the appointment of an ad hoc committee to facilitate that process at tonight’s City Council meeting.

With the city and Bill Rawlings parting ways shortly after the November election, Rob Johnson has been serving as Menifee’s acting city manager for the last two months.

The last time Menifee looked for a permanent city manager, it used a recruiting firm to screen more than 70 applicants over a months-long process. New Mayor Scott Mann said he hoped the city would not need several months nor a firm this time around to find its third permanent city manager.

The council also is expected to discuss two changes to its decorum and agenda-setting policy: re-establishing an agenda-setting meeting between the mayor, city manager and city clerk, and requiring a colleague’s support before items are placed on an agenda.